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e No. 226,980.

[IL-"MIMI I F. 000K. Gate-Hanger 4 4 vPatented ApriI 27, 1880.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK COOK, OF HOLDEN, MISSOURI.

GATE-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 226,980, dated April27, 1880.

Application filed February 24, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK COOK, of Holden, county of Johnson, State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGate-Hangers; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, making part of this specification, and in which- Figurel is aperspective view of the gate closed. Fig. 2 is an elevation with thehousing of the sheave cut away. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the gateraised to avoid snow.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap and efficient means forhanging a gate so as to make it a sliding or swinging gate at will, andto adjust the gate to and from the ground, so that it can be raised outof the way of snow-drifts, &o.; and my invention consists in a gatecombined with a sheave, upon the roller of which rests one of thehorizontal boards of the gate, said sheave being provided with eyeswhich fit over a vertical rod attached to the gate-supporting post.

My invention further consists of certain details of construction, ashereinafter more fully described and claimed.

in order that those skilled in the art may make and use my invention, Iwill proceed to describe the exact manner in which I have carried itout.

In the said drawings, AB 0 arethree posts, set in the ground at aboutthe proportionate distances shown. The space between A and O provides anentrance for vehicles, and the space between A and B providesan'entrance for tbot-passengers.

To post A is attached by any desirable means a vertical rod, a, thefastenings at the ends of said rod, and so arranged that it stands outan inch or more from post A. Over rod a fit ey s 00, cast integral withplate P of the shear e-housin g, and sufficiently far apart to give agood bearing and resist torsional strain. This construction allows afree vertical movementof the sheave up and down the rod a, except whenarrested by means of a pin, thrust into holes h h in the rod a, thelower one of the eyes e e of the sheaves restin g on pin p, as seen inFig. 3.

Above the sheave on rod a is a short sleeve,

8, carrying a bent arm, E, which engages over any one of the horizontalboards of the gate, and carrying on its end an anti-friction roller, 1",so that it will sustain the gate against any direct thrust when pushedby cattle or otherwise. Ordinarily this bent arm E will overlie the topboard of the gate.

Near the bottom of thepost O is an iron hook, or rest, 13, to receivethe lowest board of the gate, and near the top of same post is a roller,it, provided with flanges t it, between which rests one of thehorizontal boards of the gate. This flanged roller n acts in the mannerof a latch, and at the same time sustains the end of the gate when beingopened for foot-passengers.

The roller of the sheave is cast integral with the spindle 7c, and theplate P is attached to plate P by means of ordinary square-endcarriage-bolts I) b.

When it is desired to open the footpassenger way the gate is simplypushed toward post O, and, sliding on the roller'of the sheave androller 72, the gate recedes.

l/Vhen it is desired to open the gate for vehicles the end is liftedfrom roller n and opened as a swinging gate, the eyes 0 e turning on therod a.

\Vhen snow has fallen so as to obstruct the swinging of the gate it isonly necessary to raise the entire gate above the obstruction, as seenin Fig. 3, and insert a pin in one of the holes h in the rod, to serveas a support for the lower eye of sheave, and the gate will swing abovethe obstruction.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The rod a, post A, and sheave provided with eyes 6e, in combination with the sliding and swinging gate, substantially asset forth.

2. In a gate-supporting sheave, the plate P, cast integral with the eyes0 e, substantially as set forth.

3. The sliding bent arm E, in combination with rod.a, the gate, and postA, substantially for the purpose set forth.

FRANK COOK.

Attest J. E. MGGLURE, J. R. CHAMBERS.

